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Creative Ideas for Children’s Ash Wednesday

"The key, I have found, is using stories, songs, prayers, and movement to keep children engaged and deepen their …

"You are testing yourself – and allowing God to test you – to see if, by giving up something that maybe you are too focused on in …

"Our discomfort is an invitation to dig a little deeper and to determine what God is saying to us in these stories." Tough Bible …

"The modern-day Jesse Tree connects Isaiah 11:1 to the birth of Jesus and our salvation, through scripture and symbolic …

"In a day and age when all ages could probably use help hearing and better relating to our sacred stories, this children’s sermon …

"I love that young people are in church, not for a specified purpose, but just to “be.” Just to hang out. Just to be bored. Just …

"Encourage participants to enjoy the mess, relationship-building, and joy of the process rather than emphasizing the final product …

"The overall goal is to help families connect church and the Bible to their daily …

"But Jesus called the children to him and said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God …

"Whether or not there are any children in your congregation, there are a few simple things you can do to welcome children who may …